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Be Taught By The Wisest Among You
Have you ever wished to sit at the feet of the greatest teacher in the world? One who is able to teach you what you most need to learn at this moment? You can and it is far easier than you think.
Take a moment — look around you. Your teachers are everywhere. Realize your life is set up to teach you what you need to learn. If you believe it or not, if you recognize it or not, there is wisdom deep within that is capable of showing you who your teachers are and what they have to teach you. And our teachers are less there to teach us, than to make us think and teach ourselves.
Ok, you say — how do I find them? First, look at those closest to you. Family, friends, coworkers, and such. People you spend the most time with can tell you much about yourself. How? One way is quite often what we see in others is in some way a reflection of something within ourselves. What we most admire in another may be a quality we possess but have failed to recognize.
On the other hand, what we dislike most in another may also reflect a characteristic of ourselves that we did not know or want to know, was there. This can be especially true when we have very strong positive or negative feelings about someone. In this case, other people can be our teachers not because of what they know, but rather because of the way we react to them. In other…